The events that occurred in Orlando almost a week ago were so tragic on so many levels. It is horrible that 49 people were murdered. It’s even worse that 49 LGBT+ people were murdered in their place of refuge. It’s worse still that 49 LGBT+ people, many of whom were Black, Indigenous Persons of Colour (BIPOC), were murdered on a Latin night in their place of refuge.
And the hardest pill to swallow is that 49 BIPOC (especially Latinx) LGBT+ folks were murdered by a person of colour who may have had internalized homophobia and racism, on a Latin night in their place of refuge.
That is the definition of a tragedy brought on by a system that was well crafted to oppress non-white, non-cis, non-straight non-male folk. Continue reading
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